Word: cautions
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...very striking about the phrase. The choice of adverb is peculiarly pregnant, contriving as it does simultaneously to affirm faith and to adumbrate doubt. It implies that the correspondent has found these circles to be reliable in the past, but it sounds at the same time a note of caution. 'You know what these foreigners are,' it seems to say; 'don't blame me if they've got hold of the wrong end of the stick this time...
...blood. So far, nobody fully understands the connection between cholesterol and hardening of the arteries; it may be that only certain giant cholesterol molecules are to blame (TIME, June 5). But, the Mount Sinai doctors warned, enough evidence is already in to demand closer study and great caution...
...ready to do it," announced Dulles. "The door is open." He added a firm note of caution and skepticism: "I can't say that I entertain great hopes from these conversations, but one can never tell." In Washington, Dean Acheson echoed the U.S. Assembly delegate. Until Russia's attitude changed, observed the Secretary of State, the West must continue to build up its strength, lest weakness tempt Communist aggression...
Neither party was making any sweeping predictions. Among politicians there was more worry than confidence, more caution than claims. The inscrutable voter, who had chastened them all in 1948, seemed even more inscrutable in 1950. Said Senatorial Candidate D. Worth Clark of Idaho: "I've never seen a year when it was so difficult to tell what the voters have on their minds." An Indiana politician admitted candidly: "Hell, there's not a single soul in the state who can tell whether it's going to be a rout or a close election, let alone tell...
...opinion since the February election. Attlee had little hope of substantially increasing his majority and the Conservatives had little confidence that they could upset Labor. The word around Margate was that the election would be "soon, but not yet." Meanwhile, a middleaged, well-tailored Labor Party would proceed with caution...